Runner for suspender-ends.



No. 764,985. 7 PATENTED JULY 12, 1904.

\ J. J. BUCHANAN. RUNNER FOR SUSPENDER ENDS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN J. BUCHANAN, OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO VVATERBURY BUCKLE CO., OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION.

RUNNER FOR SUSPENDER-ENDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,985, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed January 18, 1904. Serial N0.'l89,463. (No model.)

To all whont 7125 may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. BUCHANAN, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Runners for Suspender-Ends; and 1 do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a front view of a runner for suspender-ends constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a side view, partially in section; Fig. 3, a front or plan view of a modified form of my improved runner; Fig. 4, a front view of a runner attached to a buckle-frame; Fig. 5, a front view of two runners connected together; Fig. 6, a broken sectional view of a runner with a portion of the walls of the recesses removed.

This invention relates to an improvement in runners for suspenders-that is, a device attached to or connected with a suspenderweb and through which the suspender-end or other movable part runs, the object of the invention being a simple construction, whereby an antifriction-bearing is obtained; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the device is used in connection with a loop A, through which the Suspender-web passes. This loop may be formed from sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 1, or from Wire, as shown in F ig. 3. If formed from wire, the ends are connected by a sleeve B. If formed from sheet metal, the lower bar will be provided with an extension C, to which the ends D E of a metal strap are pivoted. This strap is doubled to form a housing F, the inner walls of which are struck outward, forming circular concave recesses or seats G, which project beyond the outer face of the housing to receive a ball H of any suitable material, the ball extending into the recesses, and thereby held in the housing F. Instead of riveting the ends of the strap to the loop, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends of the strap may be bent around the lower bar A of the loop, as shown in Fig. 3, and so as to turn thereon.

Instead of connecting the runner with the loop it may by connected directly with the lever I of a buckle loop or frame J, as shown in Fig. A, or for some purposes it may be desirable to pivotally connect two frames K L,

as shown in Figs. 5, the frames corresponding in construction to the frames F, before described.

If desired, the outer portion of the recesses G may beremoved, forming circular openings M, and for some reasons this construction is advantageous, as it makes the device slightly thinner. In all cases the ball is free to turn in the recesses, and the cord of the suspenderend passes over the ball and rides thereon.

By striking the metal of the housing outward to form the concave seats an increased bearing-surface is provided for the ball without increasing the thickness of the metal from which the housing is formed, thus providing a sufficient bearing-surface for the ball to turn uponfreely.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A runner for Suspender-ends comprising a housing having concave seats formed in the inner face of its front and rear walls and projecting outward beyonclthe outer faces thereof, and a ball located in said housing and extending into said seat between which it is held and in which it may be freely revolved, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

W. L. KING, MINNIE M. M. TRIPP. 

